Chances are the Weber State basketball team will easily beat new Big Sky foe Cal State Northridge tonight in southern California.
Either that or the Wildcats will lose by a lopsided margin.It seems it's either feast or famine for the '96-97 Wildcats. Weber State's six victories have been by an average margin of 12 points. In those wins, the Wildcats have scored an average of 88.7 points.
In Weber's seven losses, however, the Wildcats have been beaten by a whopping 18.5 points on average. The 'Cats, 2-2 in the Big Sky, are netting only 66.9 points in the losses.
"We have been standing around too much waiting for things to happen instead of making things happen - especially on the defensive end," said Wildcat coach Ron Abegglen, whose team is coming off a league loss at Eastern Washington.
Northridge's record is similar to Weber's. The Matadors are 7-8 overall and 3-2 in the conference. Game time is set for 8:30 p.m. MST.
The Matadors are led by forward Gerald Rhoden, who is the only player to average double figures scoring at 11.6 points per game. Northridge leads the league in steals (9.9 per game). Brother tandem Keith and Derrick Higgins are second and third in the conference individually in steals averaging 2.6 and 2.4 respectively.
The Wildcats have three players averaging double figures: Alex Fisher (17.8 ppg), Damien Baskerville (16.2 ppg) and Ryan Cuff (13.1 ppg).